TCP316's 70G Cube build thread

Yahoo for the pics!! Everything looks awesome!! Someday I'm gonna have me a Birds Nest-Love that coral!! Thanks for taking the time to share :)

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Originally Posted by MizTanks

Yahoo for the pics!! Everything looks awesome!! Someday I'm gonna have me a Birds Nest-Love that coral!! Thanks for taking the time to share :)

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Thanks Jamie,
Things are growing pretty fast. I love that Birdsnest too. Have you seen the purple ones and the pink ones. I am keeping my eyes open for one of those.

Any idea about those pitiful looking zoos?

Your welcome! You've done a wonderful job thus far with your tank! You should be proud!
You bet I've seen those colors. Sadly though only on-line and I've heard that Birds Nest do not ship well :( So I can only hope they come available somewhere close to me.

As for your zoas...UGH!! When it comes to zoas to me their all Houdini's! I personally no longer entertain the thought of keeping them. To depressing :(

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Originally Posted by MizTanks

As for your zoas...UGH!! When it comes to zoas to me their all Houdini's! I personally no longer entertain the thought of keeping them. To depressing :(

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Today they are all opened out and look perfect. It must have been the lights which are coming on when they feel like it. Making me crazy. I take them down to check them and they work perfectly. I am wondering if it is the timer. I will check that out next. arggggg

What's the word on your lights?

I put a new timer on that switch and they are mostly working but occasionally that switch cuts off. I need to put my old bulbs in to see if it makes a difference. If they go off again this afternoon I will switch them out then.

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Looks like I am going to have to replace a ballast. I put in 2 other working bulbs and it flashes on and then off and stays off. It was staying on for a couple of hours and then going off. Now it just won't work.
My fixture is a Finnex. I need a Finnex replacement ballast 24wx2t5ho. Any suggestions other than the finnex site? They want $40. Just curious if there is a better place out there to buy ballast.
Also, how long will my corals survive on 2 T5 ATI blue plus bulbs without ill effects

For a replacement I'd check EBay. I'd switch at least 1 blue plus out for a special. Instead of running 2 plus.

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Originally Posted by MizTanks

For a replacement I'd check EBay. I'd switch at least 1 blue plus out for a special. Instead of running 2 plus.

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Do you think the Coral Plus caused the problem or just a coincidence. I have 2 of those. I could put one of them in or put in one of my old 10K but they are a year old. Not sure of the par on those.

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I can only tell you what happened with me. I put in a brand new Coral Plus and it blew my ballast. I'm wondering if this has happened to others?
Personally I'd skip the coral plus and just go with your 10k. At least until you can replace the ballast.